Neighbour and my washing

[insan1tyscartching]

Don't have much to do with neighbour generally, say hello if we meet and pop a Christmas card through her door so it was strange for her to shout to me over the back garden fence when I was pegging out the second line of washing today.
She says that my constantly having washing out spoils the enjoyment of her garden as there is constant movement and noise from flapping clothes and so she wanted to know if I could have a day or two every week where I didn't peg out.
I was gobsmacked tbh and trying not to laugh but explained that with seven in the family there is a lot of washing and drying to be done and I like to take advantage of the drying days so planning days not to peg out wasn't really possible but come October I rarely peg out anyway as garden is mostly shade then so not much longer for her to be bothered now anyway. But of course come October she won't want to sit in the garden then anyway.
So AIBU to peg lines of washing out when neighbour wants to sit in her garden? For clarity there are no small children here so no noise in the garden otherwise and other than cutting the grass and me pegging out our garden isn't used so it's not that we do anything that might disturb her if she's in the garden anyway.

[SuperFlyHigh]

e1y1 I think your suggestion wins.

[pictish]

e1y1 that's brilliant.

[e1y1]

[AntheaBelvedon]

I once had a neighbour who told me to stop hanging out my (very normal and boring) underwear as her husband and teenage sons could see it.

I borrowed some of my burlesque dancer friends costumes and hung them out for a whole weekend.

Neighbour was not amused. But I was.

[pointythings]

Wash every towel
Rinse every sheet
Hang them in the sunshine
Oh your washing's clean

(to the tune of 'Climb Every Mountain')

[e1y1]

anthea

[leaveittothediva]

She probably just had a bad fall off her unicorn.

[PigletJohn]

Is she foreign?

In parts of Germany it is disapproved of, and I'm told you can be fined in Switzerland (it may vary by district).

[SapphireStrange]

Anthea, I like your style.

[thatwouldbeanecumenicalmatter]

You want to start a laundry service for air dancers

[LeonardInTheArgosBag]

Even if she's foreign she is still hanging her own washing out!

Love all the suggestions here. My vote is to play some death metal extremely loudly to drown out of the offensive knicker-flapping noises.

[AntheaBelvedon]

I can't really take credit for the idea, my boyfriend at the time came up with it. To be honest I think he just wanted a look at the burlesque undies himself!

[PirateFairy45]

That's hilarious!!! What the hell. She can hear the flapping??

[DeadGood]

Aww. Was she rude about it or just asking on the off chance? It clearly is causing her a bit of grief if she mentioned it. If she was ok with being told No then no harm done

I do agree that it might make the OP feel weird from now on though.

[PrettyBlueDressForTheXmasBall]

YANBU

Unless your washing line is positioned so that your underwear are flapping over the fence in to her garden? Or your washing is plastic bags/ tin foil/ other noisy non-normal clothing.

[Cubtrouble]

Get a large white sheet and in large red letters write

"Go fuck yourself you fucking crazy old bag" or "keep smoking the crack you stupid fucker"

Peg it out in view of her upstairs Windows and then peg rustley stuff out next to it to encourage her to look out.

[SparklesandBangs]

I'll be honest and say that I much prefer it when the washing line is put away as it rather dominates the garden, especially if you sit on the sunny deck at the back, when the weather and my work schedule allows I try to do it in the week so it doesn't bother me.

I'd never complain about being able to see & hear my neighbours and our gardens aren't exactly huge.

I can hear my neighbour's water feature and would love to complain to the house behind who have positioned the trampoline right on our boundary, but I won't. Your neighbour doesn't realise who lucky she is.

[AnnieOnnieMouse]

oooh, OP, I've just washed all our bedding - can I come and use your line? Maybe as you have 7 people to wash for, you might just need a second whirligig line in your garden?

[Applejack29]

Are you a family of seven belly dancers with little bells attatched to all your clothes?

[Winfieldwife]

From a legal point of view, she doesn't have a leg to stand on. Keep pegging!

[WashBasketsAreUs]

We had builders here a while ago. They used to turn up really early as in I wasn't up! and if I hadn't got up in time to put the washing on the airer and bung it out the back it had to go in the front garden. Many a time my knickers were out in the front for all and sundry to see, I had no complaints from the neighbours!

[honeylulu]

Flapping and rustling? Do you wear full length crinoline gowns?

[TwatbadgingCuntfuckery]

to be honest OP I hate being outside when my neighbour has their washing out. Not because of the noise or the distracting flapping. That doesn't bother me at all. Its only washing after all and I put mine out all the time.

Its the stench of the fabric softener they use. Its so strong, like walking down the detergent aisle of the supermarket but with all the boxes and bottles open. I cannot stand it. Even worse when they have their tumble drier going because they chuck the hose out of the window.

I swear they must use the super concentrated stuff and use a 3x as much.

wouldn't dream of complaining about it even though it makes me wheezy.

I bet I sound like a nightmare :/

[Ghodavies]

Maybe you should mention that you've spoke to your laundry and its agreed to keep the noise down, however she may need to send a prayer to ask for the wind to be gentle as you can't control that!
Surely it is the strength of the wind that creates the problem!!!
Stupid cow!

[PickAChew]

Counter that her being out in the garden is interfering with your laundry schedule and your enjoyment of a clean house without an overflowing laundry basket.

If she doesn't like neighbours using their gardens in a reasonable manner, she needs to fuck off and live somewhere without neighbours.